Fact or Fiction: You Can Have the Life You Want

A few years ago, I started following some popular online influencers and entrepreneurs. People who not only seemed to crack the code to social media, but who also had upbeat, positive sounding messages for their audience. One thing I heard from them over an over was, You can have the life you want. Then interestingly, whenever these same people made their rounds on the podcast circuit, inevitably they’d talk about routines. Specifically, they’d share the few habits they practice everyday that have enabled them to be the best versions of themselves. Some even made it sound as if their success [...]

By |2021-04-25T20:30:42+00:00April 26th, 2021|Categories: Acceptance, Balance, discipline, FOMO, Habit Making, Routines, Self Care, Success|Comments Off on Fact or Fiction: You Can Have the Life You Want

On Mountaintop Tea Parties & Remembering What’s Most Important

Friends, I have one last travel story for this month. Hope you enjoyed this series, as much as I did. And, if you have any travel stories of your own you’d like to share—please do so in the comments section! One of my favorite travel memories, didn’t happen to me. In other words, what I am about to tell you is not an experience of my own. Rather, it is one I witnessed on the top of Cadillac Mountain, in Maine, just before sunrise. Now, I realize most people on their vacations rarely ever see the sunrise. But, as it [...]

By |2020-09-27T19:54:43+00:00September 28th, 2020|Categories: Acceptance, Balance, FOMO, Food, Relationships, Social Distancing, Staycation, Travel|Comments Off on On Mountaintop Tea Parties & Remembering What’s Most Important

5 Tips to Planning The Perfect Day Trip

“Every person needs to take one day away.  A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence.  Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.  Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.”  ― Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now As with so many things Maya Angelou said, her words about [...]

By |2020-06-15T19:38:51+00:00June 18th, 2020|Categories: FOMO, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Social Distancing, Staycation, Travel|Comments Off on 5 Tips to Planning The Perfect Day Trip

In Case No One Told You, The Rules Have Changed

I don’t need to tell you how much our lives have changed in the last month. How strange social distancing is or that now, going to the grocery store is like being in a sci-fi movie. All of us wearing our masks, and trying so hard to say six feet a part. But in all of this, I do feel like there is one thing I need to say. Friend, the rules have changed.  Many of the ones we’ve followed daily for as long as we can remember, no longer apply. The expectations of others or ourselves that say we [...]

By |2020-04-13T12:16:58+00:00April 13th, 2020|Categories: Anxiety, Change, Fear, FOMO, Habit Making, Hope, Social Distancing|Comments Off on In Case No One Told You, The Rules Have Changed

On meeting Insta Puppies & Getting Over Comparison

We had just finished our first tasting at a winery in Sonoma California. The richness of Pino Noir still lingered on my tongue, as Tony and I walked around a little shop adjacent to the tasting room. And as we debated spending more than we wanted to on a bottle of merlot, two tall, blond women walked into the shop with their very well groomed dog. A minute later, two other women came in and one quickly stooped down to pet the dog. “I hope you don’t mind me asking—but is this Fluffy*?” the woman asked the woman holding the [...]

By |2019-10-10T14:35:37+00:00October 14th, 2019|Categories: Acceptance, comparison, FOMO, Identity, Uncategorized|Comments Off on On meeting Insta Puppies & Getting Over Comparison

Love Learn Lead October 10, 2019

When I was a kid, I was homeschooled until sixth grade. This meant, that while my classmates had figured out the social structure of public school all the way back in Kindergarten, I was just beginning. Seeking to survive middle school, I couldn’t help but compare myself to the “cool kids,” to those who my teacher had deemed the “smart kids,” and who socially, had been designated to their own lonely corner of the lunch table.  Looking back, I don’t know that I ever fully found my place. Only, even at the age of twelve, comparison led me to judge [...]

By |2019-10-09T15:44:29+00:00October 10th, 2019|Categories: Balance, comparison, FOMO, Food, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, podcasts I love|Comments Off on Love Learn Lead October 10, 2019

FOMO, The Internet, & Travel

We’ve all been there. In a moment of down time, we’ve picked up our phone to scroll our socials, only a photo stops us. Suddenly, we begin swiping right. No, I am not talking about Tinder. I am talking about other people’s vacation photos.  Maybe it’s the deep turquoise blue of the ocean behind them. Or perhaps it’s the stone streets of a place we’ve only ever dreamed of going. And of course it’s the smile on our friend’s (or some celebrity’s) face as they’re living their best life.  For a moment, we are transported into their trip. We feel [...]

By |2019-06-13T12:45:09+00:00June 17th, 2019|Categories: FOMO, Freedom, Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off on FOMO, The Internet, & Travel

Calling: Do We Only Get One?

Do you remember when you were a kid and your parents told you, you could pick one treat off the dessert tray at a party? The choice wasn’t always obvious. Sure, if Aunt Ida’s chocolate chip cookies were burnt, while Uncle Larry brought cupcakes from the bakery down the street—it might have been easy. But, usually, if you were a sugar fiend like me, it was a hard decision.  Choosing between two good things is always tough. In some cases, it’s the most difficult type of decision. Because choosing one means not choosing the other. And the fear of missing [...]

By |2018-10-27T01:32:29+00:00October 22nd, 2018|Categories: Balance, Calling, Courage, FOMO, Hope, Success, Uncategorized|4 Comments

Learn: Ways I Step Back

Ever notice how the most healthy life practices, are often the hardest for us to do? Like keeping a regular exercise routine, taking time to rest, or sticking to a healthy diet. For some reason, these actions that seem like they should come naturally, are usually the ones we must fight to maintain. As if there is something in us—or in the world around us—trying to keep us off track.  The same can be said for our schedules. Often at the root of struggling to live a healthy life style, is all the things competing for our time. Our job [...]

By |2018-10-08T15:12:24+00:00September 27th, 2018|Categories: Anxiety, Balance, Courage, FOMO, Hope, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Routines|Comments Off on Learn: Ways I Step Back

Why We Need to Choose: Thoughts on Food, Life, & FOMO

Have you ever gone out to eat with friends, but when the food came, you wished you had ordered something else? You look around to see the people you’re with all digging into meals that look so much better, and you begin to feel jealous. Even if your meal is OK, it’s hard to appreciate it while you’re watching someone else eat something really good, right across from you. You try to hide it, but honestly, You want what they have. A few months ago, Tony and I went away for a weekend with our closest friends, and one night [...]

By |2018-07-20T19:24:47+00:00July 23rd, 2018|Categories: Courage, FOMO, Making Decisions, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Why We Need to Choose: Thoughts on Food, Life, & FOMO

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